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Survey & Report

Acceptance for LGBTQ and specially-abled professionals a business stigma Survey

Nov 27, 2019

DXC Technology plans to hire , engineers from campuses in India next year

DXC Technology, a global IT services company plans to hire , technology graduates from campuses ...

Jobs

Nov 26, 2019

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Technology trends shaping the future of work in

Five technology trends are poised to transform the future of work beginning in , DXC Technology ...

Press Release

Nov 26, 2019

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Honda Strike Permanent Workers resume production, Contract Workers continued with their dharna

Production resumed at the Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India HMSI plant at IMT, Manesar, on Monday...

Strike

Nov 26, 2019

C-Suite Move

Subhash Chandra steps down as Zee Entertainment Chairman

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (ZEEL) chairman Subhash Chandra has stepped down on Monday from his position, days after the promoter Essel Group sold close to 16% of its stake in the open market that resulted in a reduction in the overall holdings of the group in ZEEL to 5%. “In light of the changes in […]

Nov 26, 2019

Survey & Report

14% rise in sexual harassment complaints at the workplace

According to India Inc https://inc42.com/ study & report on sexual harassment complaints at the workplace 2019- Study shows a 14% increase in cases of sexual harassment in 100 BSE companies Women representation in these companies rose from 25% to 33% in 2019 The growth can be attributed to the rise of awareness due to MeToo […]

Nov 25, 2019

Labour Law

Benefits of IR Code, 2019 and why trade unions to protest against it?

The Government approved the IR Code, 2019 that proposes to retain the threshold of 100 employees to impart flexibility to firms for retrenchment, but it has a provision for changing ‘such number of employees’ through notification. IR Code proposes to amalgamate- The Trade Unions Act, 1926, The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946, and The […]

Nov 25, 2019

Labour Law

Union Cabinet approves the Industrial Relations Code Bill, 2019

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for introduction of the Industrial Relations Code, 2019 which is the third & the most contentious labour law amendments. This code allows companies to hire workers on a fixed-term contract of any duration. The code has retained the threshold on the worker […]

Nov 22, 2019

Jobs

Hyderabad: A woman techie commits suicide after job loss

A woman software employee committed suicide on Tuesday night by hanging herself in the hostel room. Allegedly she was depressed after being told that she would not be needed for work anymore. The young victim, identified as 24-year-old girl Pogaku Harini was working for a software firm in the Gachibowli area and staying in a […]

Nov 21, 2019

Labour Law

The Government of Karnataka allows women to work in night shift

The Government of Karnataka on Wednesday issued an order to scrap the law that bans employing women in night shifts in factories, subject to certain security conditions. The order issued by the government says that women can work during night shifts (between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m.) in places registered under the Factories Act, 1948. […]

Nov 21, 2019

CHRO Move

PepsiCo appoints Pavitra Singh as new Head- Human Resources for India

Beverage and snacks maker PepsiCo elevates Pavitra Singh as Chief Human Resources Officer for India. She takes over this position from Suchitra Rajendra who recently resigned from PepsiCo to join a new company. Prior to this Pavitra has been working as Director HR at PepsiCo, India, and Head of Talent Acquisition – Asia, Middle East […]

Nov 20, 2019

CHRO Move

ViacomCBS Announces New Head- Human Resources

ViacomCBS has announced the appointment of Nancy Phillips as a new Head- Human Resources. She will serve as Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer. Nancy will be responsible for driving the company’s human resources strategy and delivering global programs to create a positive employee experience and a culture of high performance. In this role, she […]

Nov 20, 2019

Strike

Striking Honda workers vacate Manesar plant’s premises

Close to 1,500 contractual workers who have been staging a sit-in at the company premises since November 5 to protest the retrenchment of their colleagues, vacated the premises and continued their strike outside the premises, after the management agreed to work towards reaching a resolution soon, said Workers’ Union President. The tussles between workers’ union […]

Nov 20, 2019

Press Release

EdCast launches the first edition of the EdCast Learning Health Index (LHI) Research 2019 in India

EdCast has launched the first edition of the EdCast Learning Health Index (LHI) Research 2019 in India with an aim to identify areas of excellence and opportunities for improving learning health within organizations. LHI scores would help benchmark the organisation vis-a-vis its comparators. The LHI is based on a framework built on eight primary dimensions of […]

Nov 19, 2019

CHRO Move

SAR Group of Companies Appoints New CHRO

Religare’s Ex- Global HR Head Ashish Anand Joins SAR Group of Companies as Chief Human Resources Officer. SAR Group of companies is a diversified business group into Energy & Energy Storage, Water, Purity & Smart Home Appliances, E- Vehicles, Cleantech, & Venture Capital. Businesses are done under Livguard, Livpure, Livgreen, Lectrix, LIvFin, Lockthedeal, and few […]

Nov 19, 2019

Jobs

Tata Steel plans to cut up to 3,000 jobs

Tata Steel plans to cut up to 3,000 jobs across its European operations, the company said on Monday, as the sector wrestles with excess supply, weak demand, and high costs. The announcement came after weeks of speculation that the steel giant, which employs 11,000 workers in the Netherlands, would cut thousands of jobs to tackle […]

Nov 19, 2019